It was a massive comet, nearly three hundred meters in diameter, and it had come from the depths of space.
After who knew how many years of wandering, the comet happened to pass near the Star Curtain World. A subtle force from the world's surface drew it in and captured it, altering its original course. It stirred a ripple across the sealed outer layer of the Sky Veil, then slowly descended onto an inconspicuous peninsula on the Storm Continent.
Rumble, rumble, rumble.
As the comet, more than three hundred meters in diameter, settled smoothly onto the ground, it raised a dust cloud that blotted out the sky.
The tens of thousands of scholars who had been waiting for this moment erupted into celebration. They had witnessed a miracle of the Academic World, and in the years to come, countless fine magical devices—and even Holy Magic Devices—would surely emerge.
Everyone with an alchemist's certificate would receive a certain amount of time to mine, depending on their qualifications. The various academies and merchant associations had also bought the mining rights in advance. Reilo had thus earned a vast sum, enough to carry out some of his design plans. Over the next few years, tens of thousands of alchemists would gradually dismantle the comet until it was gone.
Amid this grand occasion, An Liya, who had presided over the event, also gained considerable prestige.
Of course, the birth of the Academic World's second Grandmaster had also brought the Third Golden Age to its peak. It had not only given ordinary scholars a tremendous sense of recognition but would also inspire senior scholars to strive with all their might toward the heights of truth.
Meanwhile,
soft panting came from a room at the summit of Star Source Holy Mountain.
It was Reilo, after using